2003
Tamworth Country- Music Festival (Tentative)
- MUSICIANS' HEADQUARTERS 2003,
- FIVE YEARS OLD AND STILL KICKIN'
- Since kicking off in 1999, after answering a demand from Festival street performers, Tamworth Festival Musicians' Headquarters celebrates five years of existence at Tamworth's Country Music Festival 2003.
UNE Peel House, (next to Tamworth Town Hall and opposite Tamworth Post Office) will once again house the Musicians' Headquarters following the successful dual involvement in Tamworth Country Music Festival 2002.
This time around the Musicians' Headquarters, sponsored by Marsh Insurance, features a free admission Music, Health and Lifestyle Expo at the front of UNE Peel House and the industry based Musicians' Headquarters at the rear with seminars, workshops, musos' storage room, media interview room, rehearsal facilities and the usual R 'n' R area. For the price of four cups of tea or coffee, musos and music industry people can use the Musicians' Headquarters as a base and air-conditioned sanctuary for the six prime days of the Festival.
In 2003 the Musicians' Headquarters is honoured to have MusicOz Challenge on board with an information site on this fantastic initiative for musically inclined young people in all major musical genres. MusicOz Challenge in conjunction with Musicians' Headquarters, ICMB and The Vault will have a MusicOz Challenge showcase on The Vault stage during the Festival 2003 featuring the MusicOz country music section finalists.
The Australian Bush Balladeers Association make the Headquarters their headquarters for the third time during the Tamworth Festival with an extremely accessible location in the UNE foyer for fans and musos to access them. Rod Esam's rovers & Drovers Australiana Showcase takes place at the Musos' HQ on the forecourt during the Festival. The Rovers and Drovers Australiana Showcase is also part of the Tamworth Australia Day Concert.
The Musicians' Headquarters is looking forward to an exciting Tamworth Country Music Festival 2003 with loads of excellent outcomes.
For a photo gallery on Musicians' Headquarters 1999 to 2002 check out www.mulgamusic.com.au and click on Links to get to the Headquarter's page.
For enquiries regarding the Headquarters call mobile 0409 795 492.
- Musicians' Headquarters 2003
- Exhibitors List
- Ausbuy, Australian Bush Balladeers Assoc., Ace Hats, Belts & Bags, Designer Copy Sunglasses, Eastern Academy of Music, Epoch Violins, Fudge Factory, G'day G'day Magazine, Habgood Graphics, Hunter Valley Wine Society, Independent Country Music bulletin, Jade Sound, MAD CD's, Magnetic Therapies, Marsh Insurance, Mulga Music Promotions, Music Oz Challenge, PPCA, Resination Guitars, Soul Healing Essences, Tenterfield Saddler, To Health By Choice, Wild West Fashions, White Tiger Graphics.
- Workshops & Clinics
- Sleishman Drum Clinic - David Sleishman session musician and drummer with Luke O'Shea & Medicine Wheel Friday 24, 3pm FREE
Slide Guitar Workshop - Tony Martin Wed 22 12noon, Sat 25 1pm
Fiddle With the Expert - Andrew Clermont - sponsored by Epoch Violins & Gilchrist Mandolins
- Didgeridoo Beginners to Advanced - Mark Atkins - International performer and the Finale solo player at Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002 - Thurs 23rd and Frid 24 4-6 $30
- Seminars
- PPCA - Copyright and the Role of the PPCA From the Artists' Perspective - Convenor Lindy Morrison thur 23 & Fri 24 2pm FREE
Radio Airplay - A Professional Approach to Radio Stations. What to do and What not to do. Panel Forum Convenors Helen Kay, Keri McInerney, Peter Stapleton. Wed 22nd 2pm FREE
Marsh Insurance - Public Liability and the Entertainment Industry Convenor Ruth Pillar Wed 22nd 12.30pm and Thur 23 12.30pm FREE
Michael Flanders (Artic Records & Steer Records) How to operate in the Music Business, Publishing, Management, Songwriting, Production. Wed 22 & Fri 24 11am FREE
Soundwarp - Mastering, Why It Is Necessary. Convenors Bill Syratt & Meredith Brooks Thur 23 & Frid 24 4pm FREE
Dee Giles Recording Your 1st CD Getting It Right The First Time Wed 22 6pm FREE
- ABBA - AGM Thur 23 11am
- Showcases
- Rovers & Drovers Australiana Show - Monday, Friday & Saturday nights
West Diggers will be the name of Tamworth RSL since the amalgamation with West League Club
A.C.M.L.A. People’s Choice Awards & Concert
Thursday 23rd January Tamworth RSL Club Auditorium 2.30pm to 5.30pm with 12 acts performing including Donna Boyd, Travis Sinclair, Melinda Schneider, Brendon Walmsley, Magnificent Seven, Carter & Carter plus more.
Compared by Mike Smith from N.F.S. Publicity with special guest’s presenting awards. Over 4,500 nominations forms were received with final 5 nominees vying for the handcrafted trophies.
Who are the Peoples Choice Winners for: Best Female / Best Male / Best Song / Best Album / Best Band / Best Heritage Song and Best Bush Ballad? Come along and support you favourite artist.
Tickets are only $18.00 Per Person and are on sale NOW at West Tamworth Leagues Club, for enquiries please ring the club on 02 6765 7588.
Our president Smoky Sheldrick is available for interviews, enquiries etc via 02 6584 4675 Mob 0412 683 660 or e-mail him at smoky@acmla.com.au.
Telstra Country Wide, MMG Records USA, Dingo Track Records, NFS publicity, and Redcloud Artifacts proudly sponsor the A.C.M.L.A. People’s Choice Awards 2003.
- Finalists have been announced for the 2003
- Australian Bush Laureate Awards to be staged in
Tamworth this January.
In Book of the Year, including Original Verse, finalists are... Shadows Of Yesteryear, written and published by Ellis Campbell; Australian Outback Poems written and published by Philip R Rush; Thank You ... Too written and published by Trevor Shaw; Songs Of The Droving Season, written by Bruce Simpson, published by ABC Books; and Frogs And Dogs And Kids, written by Rod Williams, published by Bonza Blue Dog Publications.
In Album of the Year, finalists are... Dinkum Poetry by Jack Drake, released by Restless Music, produced by Roger Illott; Bigger, Sharper Spurs by Gary Fogarty, released by Restless Music, produced by Roger Ilott; The Naked Poets 3 ... butt seriously released by Shoestring Records produced by Pat Drummond; From The Lip by Glenny Palmer, released by Grevillea Studios, produced by Chapple; and Australian Outback Poems by Philip R Rush, released by ABC Tasmania & Sound Connexions, produced by Philip R Rush.
In Single Recorded Performance of the Year, finalists are... The Realities Of War by Jack Drake (on the Dinkum Poetry album), released by Restless Music, produced by Roger Ilott; Bigger, Sharper Spurs by Gary Fogarty (on the Bigger, Sharper Spurs album) released by Restless Music, produced by Roger Ilott; Bingo by Bobby Miller (from The Naked Poets 3 ... butt seriously album), released by Shoestring Records, produced by Pat Drummond; Shades Of Grey by Glenny Palmer (on the From The Lip album) released by Grevillea Studios, produced by Chapple; and Nhulabuy by Rob Spence (on the album In The Bunkhouse With The Goodall Boys), released by 4AAA Murrie Radio Brisbane, produced by Trevor Dishong.
A fourth award ‹ the Judith Hosier Heritage Award (named in honour of the Awards founder) ‹ is determined separately and will be announced during the Awards presentation.
This will be the eighth year of the Australian Bush Laureate Awards which were instigated in 1996 to recognise excellence in published and recorded Australian bush poetry.
Winners are presented with an attractive, finely crafted sculpture of a pen in the shape of a gumleaf giving the trophy the name "the Golden Gumleaf".
The gala Awards presentation, organised by Singabout Australia and Max Ellis Marketing, will be staged in Tamworth the air-conditioned Tamworth Town Hall at 2pm on Tuesday, January 21.
Tickets are available from Tourism Tamworth Information Centre on 02 6755 4300.
- TSA SONGWRITERS’ SALUTE AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
- JOIN THE STARS AT THE
- TSA SONGWRITERS’ CONCERT
- & AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
- Wednesday 22 January 2003, commencing at 7.00pm.
- West Tamworth League Club Auditorium
- Graeme Connors * Anne Kirkpatrick * Brendon Walmsley
- Arthur Blanch * Dean Perrett * Michael King * Carter & Carter
- Greg Williams * Colin Buchanan * Karen O’Shea * Lee J Collier *
- Johnny Greenwood * Catherine Britt * Lindsay Butler Band
- Awards Compere Tania Kernaghan **
- Concert Comperes Clair Hayes & Brendon Walmsley
- DON’T MISS THIS GREAT 3˝ HOUR SHOW!
- Tickets for this gala Concert and Awards presentations always sell out well before the night. They are available from the West Tamworth League Club at a cost of only $23.00 for adults and $12.00 for children including GST. For bookings ring (02) 6765 7588.
- AWARD WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED
- TSA SONGWRITERS’ SALUTE AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
- TSA/CAPITAL NEWS NEW SONGWRITER AWARD
- TSA SONGMAKER AWARD (Voted for by TSA members)
- TEX MORTON AWARD (Voted for by TSA Committee)
- TSA NATIONAL COUNTRY SONGWRITING CONTEST
- RECORD ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR TSA AWARDS
- TSA SONGWRITERS’ SALUTE AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA – 93 CDs with 205 songs entered.
- TSA/CAPITAL NEWS NEW SONGWRITER AWARD – 34 CDs with 91 songs entered.
- TSA NATIONAL COUNTRY SONGWRITING CONTEST – 509 songs entered.
THE
TSA
FINALISTS TIARAS - Winners of the Tamworth Independent Artists' Recognition Awards (TIARAs) will be announced at Tamworth RSL Club in a gala concert beginning at 7.30pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2003.
ACMF/MULGA MUSIC LAUNCHING PAD
The Australian Country Music Foundation (ACMF) in conjunction with Mulga Music Promotions have worked together to create a new event in Tamworth during the Country Music Festival in 2003.
The event is a series of launches of independent country music products all held in the same venue.
This new FREE event called "THE LAUNCHING PAD" will run from Monday 20 to Friday 24 January with launches happening hourly from 10am to 2pm each day at the ACMF in Brisbane Street, opposite the Northern Daily Leader building and next to the Imperial Hotel.
The LAUNCHING PAD came about from the need for artists and others to achieve a Tamworth launch of their product at a venue that would do it justice. In the past record launches tended to be single one off events that often never received the promotion or patronage they deserved. To resolve this dilemma, the LAUNCHING PAD, which is to be a 5-day event, has been created.
Each product launch will be a self-contained presentation introduced by master of ceremonies, Stan Hunt a performer and recording artist in his own right. Each launch includes an introduction to the album by the artist, an example of the material on the album either live or recorded and followed by acknowledgements.
After the launch there will be time for fans to meet the artist during a photo opportunity, buy any merchandise the artist may have and have their newly purchased album autographed.
Independent artists appearing during the launch include Arthur Blanch, Stephen Cheney, Craig Byrne, Merilyn Steele, Nattasha Crestani, Owen Blundell, Ian Blundell, Reg Poole, Geoff Evans, Yvonne Bradley, J J Justin, Mary Dryden, Magnificent Seven, Tall Timbre, Cash Mountain Boys to name a few.
As well as albums being launched there will be Stan Coster’s Autobiography, "Travelling My Own Track",
The Australian Country Music CookBook, compiled by Lorraine Pfitzner and the Country Music Calendar, produced by June Underwood.
It is hoped the LAUNCHING PAD will become a regular feature where the independent artists can be assured of launching their latest albums at a venue that is suitable to them and convenient to the public and gives the exposure that such an event deserves.
Details of who is appearing and when will be listed in the Official guide and daily newspapers.
While attending the LAUNCHING PAD, country music fans should take the opportunity to visit the exhibits in the ACMF’s Country Legends exhibition. Whilst at the Launching Pad take advantage of their wide selection of other independent artists’ albums in their record shop, which provides a selection of independent Australian artists not available anywhere else in Australia.
For further details contact the ACMF on 02 6766 9696
The LAUNCHING PAD is proudly supported by Country Energy – It’s Your Country.
- ARTISTS INVITED FOR COCA COLA PARK CONCERTS
- ONE OF the most popular free concert activities staged during the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival are the Coca Cola Concerts in Hands of Fame Park.
- Organised and staged by Rural Press Events publishers of Capital News, the Directory of Australian Country Music and the Tamworth Festival Official Guide the concerts run from Saturday, January 18 to Saturday, January 25 from 11am.
- Country artist Craig Byrne is co-ordinator of the Concerts and he has issued an invitation for artists looking for somewhere to perform during the festival to contact him at craigb@pnc.com.au
- Further information can be obtained from Craig's website www.craigbyrne.com (check under Coca Cola in the Park at Tamworth 2003).
- Roll of Renown Presentation Concert lineup 2003
- Starts at 8pm on Saturday 18th January at Tamworth Town Hall, Fitzroy St
- Jim Haynes MC
- Aleyce Simmonds – Tamworth Camerata 2002 graduate
- Pixie Jenkins – Fiddler extrordinaire
- Lawrie Minson – Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist
- Greg Champion – Funnyman
- Smoky Dawson – The LEGEND
- Lindsay Butler – Stylish Guitarist
- Melinda Schneider - Leading edge performer
- At this concert The ROLL of RENOWN will be presented to one of our lengendary Country Music performers.
- Also presentations of:
- Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- Hand of Fame
- THE Heritage concert of the year!
- Book tickets at Tamworth Information Centre 02 67554300
- Maton Golden Guitar New Talent Time
- 2003 Maton Golden Guitar Awards New Talent of the Year? See a preview of the Top Five New Talent finalists plus special guests
- Monday, January 20, 8pm
West Tamworth League Club - For information, contact: CMAA
Tel: 02 6766 1577 Fax: (02) 6766 7314 - Tickets: Wests Leagues Tel: 02 6765 7588 (on sale December 2nd)
- Australian Bush Laureate Awards
- Tuesday, January 21, 2pm
Tamworth Town Hall - Featuring the 2003 presentation of Golden Gumleaf trophies with a top line-up of guest stars and presenters
- Tickets: on sale now
- For information, contact: Max
Ellis Marketing <mem@optusnet.com.au>
Tel: 02 6766 1050 Fax: 02 6766 7314 -
- ACMF Roll of Renown Concert
- Saturday, January 18, 8pm
Tamworth Town Hall - Featuring the 2003 Roll of Renown Induction, announcement of the 2003 Hands of Fame,
- Broadcasters' Hall of Fame and a top line-up of guest stars
- Tickets: Tel: 02 6766 1050 Fax: 02 6766 7314
- Toyota Star Maker Quest 2003
- Sunday, January 19
Tamworth Town Hall... top 20 finalists from 10am, top 10 finalists from 7.30pm - For information, contact: Rural
Press Events
Tel: 02 6762 2399 Fax 02 6762 2350 - Tickets: on sale November
- Tamworth Country Music Train
- January 2003
- Ten day Rail Package includes on board Air-Conditioned Accommodation and live Entertainment
- Full Package $1865
- Accommodation on train entire tour
- All meals while train is en-route, then breakfast each day that the train is stationed at West Tamworth
- Tickets to the Star Maker Grand Final
- Honorary Membership to West Leagues Club
- Ten Trip Bus Pass
- Souvenir T-Shirt
- Souvenir Coffee Mug
- Live Entertainment
- On Board Tour Host Jim Brown
- Bush Poets Breakfast at Muswellbrook
- 10% off for group Bookings of 6
- Group Leader free for bookings of 10
- There is also a budget Package $1565
- Don't miss the Train Book now on line at www.countrymusictrains.com email cce@countrymusictrains.com or write to Cross Country Express Pty Ltd P.O. Box 62 Geelong Victoria 3220
- Special Guest direct from Nashville Joanne Cash-Yates (sister of Johnny Cash) supported by Australia's own Dale Hooper (Australia answer to the Man in Black) plus Ted Egan, Grant Luhrs & the chook raffle band and Ian Muir.